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To learn more about how the two shaped legal protections for each other in the 1800s, read @moliveiradev.bsky.social's piece on the wills: www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...

🖋️📜 Some #LoveLetters are written in longing. Some are written in law.

We had the chance to preview @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy's new exhibition, free through April 12. Among many incredible items on display... Anne Lister & Ann Walker’s wills! (📹: @sazwingrove.bsky.social)

A postcard and a brown envelope with a paper sheet. The white paper sheet has the words "Merry Xmas and a happy new year". There is also a red wax seal with gold accents that reads "Packed with Potential".

Wishing you all a holiday season full of joy, warmth, and adventures! We look forward to seeing you in the new year! May it be kinder to everyone and full of new opportunities for learning and connection!

Or, as #AnneLister put it: "Merry Xmas and a happy new year!" from all of us to all of you! 💛

Though Dorothy Wordsworth & Anne Lister never mention each other, their journals often mention the same people.

🎥 Watch Abi Palmer's session from the #AnneListerSummit for more on how Dorothy’s journals help us see Anne Lister’s Halifax in new ways: youtu.be/KoWklx4GAwY

A partially dark background showing eyeglasses, a book, and a magnifying glass. In the foreground there is white text that reads as follows: "Today is Packed with Potential’s anniversary! 🎉🎉🎉 Over the last six years, we have published a lot of open, collaborative, and accessible research meant to promote a greater understanding of Anne Lister and her contemporaries. Whether you’ve just started your research journey or are a seasoned contributor, thank you for being part of this adventure!" Below the text there is the yellow packed with potential logo.

Packed with Potential turns 6 today! 🥳

Thank you for being a part of this journey. And, if you'd like to contribute, please get in touch!
www.packedwithpotential.org/about/contact

#research #nonprofit #AnneLister #c19th #oneplace #queerhistory

Dorothy Wordsworth was a diarist, travel writer, and the first woman to record climbing Scafell Pike in 1818.

Sound familiar? Watch the full talk to explore her connections with #AnneLister, whose paths, friends, and ambitions overlapped in unexpected ways youtu.be/KoWklx4GAwY

Rachel Terry explores how 19th-century magazines became the gold standard for style (even if #AnneLister thought them, ""a very stupid thing indeed."")

Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ

Rachel Terry from Calderdale Museums explains how technological change shaped the fashions of Anne Lister’s time, from Caribbean-imported dyes like logwood and fustic to the introduction of roller… In 1830s Halifax, innovation wasn’t just industrial – it was fashionable.

From roller printing to imported dyes like logwood and fustic, the 1830s saw a wave of experimentation in colour and pattern that influenced what people wore.

🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:

Did you know that some of #AnnWalker’s relatives are buried in Halifax Minster?

Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!

www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister

Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt walks us through one of the rare diary entries where Anne Lister recorded an entire outfit — from her moiré silk gown and white bonnet to her blond lace frill. “I never feel as if I was properly dressed.”

Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt walks us through one of the rare diary entries where Anne Lister recorded an entire outfit — from her moiré silk gown and white bonnet to her blond lace frill.

🎥 Watch the full session:

#AnneLister was always writing about her merinos...

Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8

🍂 The Autumn #AnneListerSummit may be over, but the conversations continue!

Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...

Anne Lister Research Summit - Autumn 2025 An online conference for Anne Lister enthusiasts.

⏳ Still haven’t grabbed your (free!) ticket to the #AnneListerSummit?

Let’s fix that.

Before #AnneLister chronicled her exploits, her father Jeremy wrote about some misadventures of his own. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Compare Halifax through the eyes of two remarkable diarists — Anne Lister and Dorothy Wordsworth. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Rachel Terry reveals how Halifax’s textile innovations shaped the fashion #AnneLister saw and wore. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Explore the layers behind the iconic 1830s silhouette with fashion historian Gemma Esvelt. Sleeves, skirts, and all! www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Before #AnneLister penned *her* journals, her father documented a few misadventures of his own...

Meet Ensign Jeremy Lister: soldier, survivor, and subject of this dive into #America250

🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 1:20pm ET/6:20pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Anne Lister didn't think much of this tower at Chatsworth, Derbyshire - it "put us in mind of warehousing" when she visited with Ann Walker in 1835 (it had been erected since her visit there with Mrs Lawton in 1825).
Read about Anne's visits to Chatsworth here: www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...

A talk on Victorian Mourning at Bankfield Museum, Halifax. #deathstudies #research #c19th #victorian

More info here:

Two women. Two journals. One Halifax.

Abi Palmer explores what Dorothy Wordsworth’s newly published Halifax diaries reveal about Anne Lister’s hometown — and how both women shaped our view of it.

🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 12:10pm ET/5:10pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

How did the mill wheels of Halifax spin fashion forward? Rachel Terry explores how 1830s tech from weaving to fashion plates helped shape style in #AnneLister’s world.

🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 10:40am ET/3:40pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Discover what it took to get dressed in #AnneLister’s time, layers, silhouettes, and all, in this show & tell session with fashion historian Gemma Esvelt.

🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 9:30am ET / 2:30pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

Image description: the yellow Lister chaise and a separate carriage seen in the barn at Shibden Hall. Photo by Tim Green. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0 - Attribution 2.0 Generic Deed) via Wikimedia Commons. The text on the graphic reads: Article - Anne's Rush to Leave in 1839 by Marlene Oliveira and Lívia Labate

#AnneLister died #OTD in 1840 during her trip in Georgia with #AnnWalker. She was 49 years old.

Revisit the start of this adventure and learn more about the events that prompted their departure in 1839 here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...

#travel #c19th #GentlemanJack

Anne Lister died on this day, 22nd September, in 1840. Today, 185 years later, we are carrying out repairs on the church where her partner, Ann Walker, is buried.

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📷 The cupola of Old St Matthew's, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire (before repairs)

If you like #AnneLister and/or all things Regency, and live anywhere near Buxton, note this: buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/anne-li...

I went on it last year, and it was brilliant!

@packedwith.bsky.social @discoverbuxton.bsky.social

Anne Lister Research Summit - Schedule IMPORTANT NOTES These event schedules detail the programs across all of our 2025 Summit events (Winter, Summer, and Autumn). Some sessions may have additional resources available to review prior to…

Whether you're a first-time attendee or a returning friend, all are welcome! The Summit is virtual and free to attend. View the schedule and learn more: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/schedul...

Anne Lister Research Summit - Autumn 2025 An online conference for Anne Lister enthusiasts.

🎟️ Registration for the #AnneListerSummit (Autumn Edition) is now OPEN!

Explore 1830s fashion, Halifax history, and find out how #AnneLister is connected to #America250... www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...

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Are you studying #AnneLister or looking for new perspectives?

Check out our #research references page and find more books, journal articles, thesis, and other academic resources!

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#academia #oneplace #c19th #victorian